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Beto Ureña depicted here 16 years after the invasion of Baghdad holding a plaque remake of the famous photograph of him during the war that was given to him by his unit, 3/7, after the end of his enlistment in the Marines. (Photo by Alberto Quiroz).

From Marine veteran to respiratory therapist

December 18, 2019

By Alberto Quiroz/Arizona Sonora News When they finish high school, some students go on to college while others enter the workforce. A select few, enlist into the Armed Services. Jose Alberto Ureña...

Monument Standing in Picacho Peak National Park to commemorate the lives of Confederate Soldiers who fought there.

Fight to remove Arizona’s Confederate monuments fizzle

Brit Reid March 21, 2018

For years, the East Valley branch of the NAACP fought to remove  Confederate monuments throughout the state. Nothing happened. Fueled by momentum after the August 2017 Charlottesville riots...

Christianna Silva / Arizona Sonora News Service

Legislative Roundup – New Year, New Bills

Erik Kolsrud January 12, 2018

PHOENIX -- The Arizona State Legislature started this week with Gov. Doug Ducey's State of the State address, followed by the reading of over 100 bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate,...

Lincoln Ragsdale gives a speech at Goodwin Stadium at Arizona State University  on June 3, 1964. Martin Luther King Jr., and Ralph Abernathy  are also pictured.

De piloto de combate a combatiente por la justicia

CJ D'Innocente December 4, 2017

Traducido por Javier Aispuro Un héroe militar. Un activista por igualdad de vivienda y discriminación laboral. Un hombre que luchó por los derechos civiles tan valientemente que ahora se considera...

Lincoln Ragsdale at Tuskegee Flying School in Alabama. ©Lincoln Ragsdale Jr.

From fighter pilot to to fighter for justice

Monique stewart November 6, 2017

  A military hero. An activist for equal housing and job discrimination. A man who fought for civil rights so valiantly he is now considered to be the Martin Luther King Jr. of Arizona. Lincoln...

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